Jets offense under pressure in today's practice

William Perlman/The Star-LedgerAaron Maybin was among those who got through the line to the quarterbacks today.

CORTLAND, N.Y. -- Aaron Maybin recorded the final "sack" of Mark Sanchez during today's practice. His reaction? That was too easy.

The Jets quarterbacks were frequently under pressure during today's practice. Sanchez was "sacked" three times, one by Maybin and two by Bart Scott. Back-up Tim Tebow was "sacked" six times: Quinton Coples (2), Garrett McIntyre (1), Damon Harrison (1), Jay Richardson (1.5) and Maybin (0.5).

"There were some great conversions on third down, and we could have had a couple more," Sanchez said. "We just need to be in tune with our identifications up front and stay sharp. Every time we line up, our defense is really troubleshooting our protections, and I’ve said it before, but it takes a while to communicate that stuff. And when you miss one part of it, whether it’s a receiver, a quarterback, an offensive lineman, or a running back, all hell can break loose. We just have to be sharper."

The Jets have been playing with holes on the offensive line. Center Nick Mangold is due back tomorrow after watching his younger sister compete in the London Olympics, meaning Caleb Schlauderaff snapped to Sanchez and Matt Kroul snapped to Tebow. Right tackle Wayne Hunter also sat out today with a back injury.

Tebow also said the Jets defense was giving them "diamond' looks, referring to a certain type of defense the line stems into. Tebow said it includes a 5-man front out of which the defense usually brings pressure.

"Sometimes that’s so hard, when you are doing a pressure period like that, and they're stemming to 'diamond,' " Tebow said. "Sometimes those plays are going to bust, and sometimes you're going to have a few sacks in there. We'll see, if it was really going, what would have happened."

The quarterbacks were not "live," so all sacks are based on the estimation of when the play would be blown dead.

"They have to pull up; at the same time I pull up because they pull up," Tebow said. "But you never really know (if you would have gone down), so it’s so hard to judge."

Sanchez finished the day 5-of-11 with the three sacks on 22 plays in the 11-on-11 team period. Tebow finished 3-of-8 with the six sacks in 19 snaps. Sanchez was picked off by CB Antonio Cromartie, but the play was called back because of a pre-snap penalty.

"It was really kind of a payback thing, because Revis kind of jammed me up like two plays before," Hill said afterward. "But you know, we’re out here competing and Revis, he’s teaching me a lot of things. I kind of had to get back on him, but after that he made sure he taught me some things I need to work on."

++ S LaRon Landry participated in team drills today and looked to be working in tandem with Yeremiah Bell in the base defense. He drilled RB Bilal Powell on one play, after which coach Rex Ryan reminded his team that the drill was not live tackling.

++ RB Joe McKnight lingered on the ground with a stinger but said afterward that he was fine. CB Julian Posey called a trainer over after a play, grabbing his right hamstring.

++ NT Sione Pouha (forehead) sat out team drills again. Kenrick Ellis, playing in his place, made a nice stop of RB Shonn Greene in the backfield.

++ In the kicking competition, Nick Folk was 4-for-4 today. Josh Brown was 2-for-4, with misses from 39 and 47 yards.